Axle-cutter



No. 622.548. Patented Apr. 4, i899.

w. B. SHEBMAN. AXLE CUTTER.

7 (Application filed. Mar. 29, 1897.) (No Model.)

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WESLEY l3. SHERMAN, OF SIOUX CITY, IOWVA.

AXLE-CUTTER.-

S'PEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,548, dated April4, 1899.

Application filed March 2 9, 1 89 '7.

T0 (1 7,5 whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WnsLnY B. SHERMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sioux City, in the county of WVoodbury and State of Iowa,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Axle-Cutters and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the in vention,such as will enable others skilled in theart to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in axle-cutters.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofaxle-cutters and to provide asimple, inexpensive, and efficient one,adapted to be readily carried from place to place and capable ofoperating on an axle without necessitating the removal of the same fromthe vehicle.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view, partly in section,of anaxle-cutter constructed in accordance with this invention and shownapplied to an axle. Fig. 2 isarear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is adetail View of the cutting-disk, illustrating, the arrangement of thecutters.

Like letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

B designates a clamping-sleeve adapted to be arranged on an axle A, asillustrated in Fig. l of the accompanying drawings, and it is rigidlysecured to the said axle by a plurality of radially-arranged clampingscrews or bolts 22, mounted in threaded perforations of the sleeve andadapted to project into the central passage or opening of the same. Theclamping screws or bolts Z) are preferably arranged in two annularseries, located adjacent to the ends of the sleeve and adapted to enablethe sleeve to be properly positioned with relation to the spindle. Thesleeve is provided at a point between its ends with a substantiallytriangular plate I), having enlargements b at the ends of its arms. Thisplate 1), is connected by longitudinal bolts b with a correspondingsimilar-shaped plate b Serial No. 629,685. (No model.)

provided with an internally-screw-threaded sleeve b into which screws anexteriorlyscrew-threaded sleeve I). The sleeve biwhich is formedintegral with the front triangular plate 11 extends outward therefrom,and the sleeve 6 which is arranged within the sleeve 11 is provided atits outer or front end with an inwardly-extending annular flange bforming an interior shoulder. The outer end of the sleeve 11 is alsoprovided with an out wardly-extending annular flange 6 havingthumb-pieces b ,adapted to be readily grasped by the operator when it isdesired to screw the sleeve Z2 into the sleeve b and feed a cut ter 0.

The cutter com prises a disk or head and a shaft 0, journaled in thesleeve l) and pro vided with an annular shoulder c, which abuts againstthe annular flange b whereby the shaft 0 is caused to move inward whenthe sleeve b is screwed inward. The outer end 0 of the shaft 0- isscrew-threaded and receives a crank-handle D, by means of which theshaft is rotated.

The inner face of the cutter-head is provided at diametrically oppositepoints with enlargements or studs 0 and c, which are of differentheights, so as to project different distances from the face of thecutter-head for bringing the knives o and cflwhich are mounted at theends of the studs or enlargements, in different planes to engage the endof the axle proper and the end of the journal or hearing portion of thesame. The knives c and c are mounted in transverse grooves 0 cut in thetops of the studs or enlargements c and c and are adj ustably held inposition by clamping screws or bolts 0 which screw into the said studsor enlargements. The screws or bolts carry nuts 0 which bear upon thetops or outer faces of the cutters c and c which have their inner endsbeveled, as shown.

When an axle is to be recut because of the wearing away of its innershoulder, which makes the journal portion of said axle longer than'theboxing in a wheel, the sleeve B is adjusted upon and securely clamped tothe journal portion of the axle and the knives c and c are moved up inproper position for cutting the extremity of the axle and the outer endof the journal or bearing portion,

as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

- The crank-handle D is then operated to cause the knivesto revolvearound the axle, and as the cutting proceeds the knives are graduallymoved forward by screwing the feedingsleeve 1).

The invention has the following advantages:

The axle-cutter, which is simple and comparatively inexpensive inconstruction, is portable and may be readily carried from place to placeto cut axles of difierent vehicles, and it does not necessitate theremoval of the running-gear from a vehicle, as a single I triangularframe I) centrally connected with the sleeve and located at a pointbetween the ends thereof, the outer triangular frame provided with anoutwardly-extending integral sleeve having interior screw-threads, boltsconnecting the said frames, an exteriorlythreaded sleeve adjustablyfitted therein and provided at its outer end with inwardly and outwardlyextending flanges, the outwardlyextending flanges being arranged to begrasped by the operator, a cutter having a shaft arranged within theeXteriorly-threaded sleeve and provided with a shoulder abutting againstthe inwardly-extending flange thereof, and means for rotating the shaft,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

WVESLEY l3. SHERMAN..

Witnesses:

A. O. DAVIS, E. T. GRIHFEN.

